GENERAL EXAMINATION 11 



The type lacks the fullness and symmetry that are char- 

 acteristic in the carriage or coach horse. To do effective 

 and hard work on the road is the sphere of the roadster and 

 the type that has been evolved is an illustration of the evo- 

 lution of a form for a specific purpose. The type of the best 

 campaigners that have marks of 2:10 or better will show a 

 similarit}^ that indicates the type towards which the trotter is 

 tending. Though it should be noted here that the roadster 

 in show form will show quite different outlines from one that 

 has been subjected to the hard training that the campaigner 

 receives. 



To describe the roadster form in detail it may be said that 

 the head is proportioned to the rest of the body, wide between 

 the eyes and somewhat sharp at the poll. The neck is slim, 

 long and very often carried somewhat straight, owing to the 

 continual use of the top check. The shoulder slopes very 

 markedly and extends well along towards the back. The 

 arm is short and this with the slope of the shoulder makes 

 the under line much longer than the length of the back. 

 The fore arm is long, the cannon short and the pasterns with 

 sufficient length and slope. The horse appears too far from 

 the ground in proportion to its height. The back is short 

 and strong rising some at the hips and the croup is strongly 

 muscled. Perhaps the most noticeable feature of the type 

 is the exceptional length from the hip joint to the point of 

 hock and then from the point of the hock to the fetlock 

 joint the distance is short, making the hock appear as if set 

 low. 



II. The Pacep as a Roadster. As a roadster, the pacer 

 has many claims for consideration chiefly on account of the 

 speed that characterizes this gait and the fact that it is easily 

 maintained on smooth city roads. It is, however, mainly the 

 quickness with which full speed is attained that makes the 

 pacer so popular among the road riders of our cities. The 

 difficulty that a pacer encounters on rough, broken roads or 



